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- Fired City Employees Saratoga agrees to pay two former employees a $130,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Dec-8-07)
- Hospital Delivery Family awarded $11.5 million medical malpractice settlement after their child was born with Cerebral Palsy. (Dec-8-07)
- Contractor Fraud $750,000 payment resolves litigation alleging contractor overcharged millions of dollars. (Dec-7-07)
- Police Discrimination Police Sergeant settles for $200,000 over claims he was discriminated against and looked over for promotions because he wasn't white. (Dec-7-07)
- Galaxy Communications $1 million settlement reached in burned woman's emotional distress suit. (Dec-7-07)
- Hotshot Harassment Female firefighter awarded undisclosed settlement. (Dec-7-07)
- School Board Feud Union Township School District pays member $100,000 settlement for an ethics violation. (Dec-7-07)
- Technology Contract Herley Industries Inc. agrees to pay $6 million settlement for breaching a technology agreement. (Dec-7-07)
- Stock Options UnitedHealth Group's ex-chief executive William McGuire forced to relinquish over $600 million in stocks and interest earned. (Dec-7-07)
- Doctor Malpractice Two doctors pay $25,000 fine for prescribing unnecessary drug and performing an unnecessary treatment. (Dec-6-07)
- Worker Standards Pioneer Hi-Bred International pays $81,000 settlement in migrant workers' wage dispute. (Dec-6-07)
- Development Rights Half Moon Bay may have to pay $36.8 million regarding a land dispute. (Dec-6-07)
- Leaking Hoses Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company agrees to $324 million settlement for defective Entran II hoses. (Dec-6-07)
- Meal Breaks Rady Children's Hospital agrees to pay current and former employees $2.7 million for unpaid meal breaks. (Dec-6-07)
- Political Termination Mother daughter duo awarded $325,000 settlement in wrongful termination and political discrimination lawsuit. (Dec-6-07)
- School Fire School board accepts $17 million insurance settlement from Guilford County. (Dec-6-07)
- Gang Rape University of Colorado awarded two women $2.85 million settlement after being assaulted by varsity football team recruits. (Dec-6-07)
- Credit Report Equifax ordered to pay $2.7 million settlement after failing to correct errors in a woman's credit score. (Dec-6-07)
- Religious Beard Burger King awards former employee $15,800 settlement for religious discrimination and wrongful termination. (Dec-5-07)
- Cigarette Weight Premier Manufacturing, Inc. pays $3.1 million civil fine for deliberately understated the weights of imported cigarettes. (Dec-5-07)
- Medical Device Patent Abbott Laboratories pays Sutura, Inc. $23 million patent infringement settlement. (Dec-5-07)
- Voting Districts Charles Mix County pays $110,000 settlement for voter discrimination. (Dec-5-07)
- Sheriff-Elect Termination Pittstown pays former police officer $125,000 settlement for wrongful termination. (Dec-5-07)
- Investment Manager David Knall ordered to pay $123,000 settlement for insider trading. (Dec-5-07)
- Wrongful Termination Chesapeake pays former city inspector $25,000 settlement after firing him without just cause. (Dec-5-07)
- Priest Abuse Woman awarded $500,000 settlement after becoming impregnated by a priest and abused by six other clergy members. (Dec-5-07)
- Police Discrimination Milwaukee pays police officer $15,000 settlement for false arrest and racial harassment. (Dec-5-07)
- Drainage Culvert Altus City pays homeowners $19,000 settlement after using hazardous material as fill for a drainage project. (Dec-5-07)
- Casino Property Tax Foxwoods Casino pays $1.75 million to the city of Philadelphia. (Dec-4-07)
- Brain Injury Lawyer awarded $7 million personal injury settlement after being hit by a bus driver under the influence of cocaine. (Dec-4-07)
- Executive Vice President Tanner & Haley pay employee $300,000 settlement for unpaid compensation and expenses. (Dec-4-07)
- Public Defender Carbon County pays former employee $525,000 wrongful termination settlement. (Dec-4-07)
- Sewage Treatment Plant King County agrees to pay Snohomish County $70 million to deal with the impact of wastewater pipelines. (Dec-4-07)
- PAAF Investors MF Global pays $75 million shareholder settlement. (Dec-4-07)
- City Hall Employee City of Utica pays former employee $75,000 settlement after firing and arresting him on harassment and theft charges. (Dec-4-07)
- School Dirt Dirtman Enterprises pays school district $600,000 for dumping contaminated soil in athletic fields. (Dec-4-07)
- Davenport Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese agrees to pay $37 million settlement for clergy abuse. (Dec-4-07)
- School House Master City of Lowell awards former high school employee $1 million settlement for gender discrimination. (Dec-4-07)
- Housing Discrimination Landlord Robert Krug pays $140,000 settlement for not allowing renters with kids to take occupancy at his apartment complex. (Dec-3-07)
- Wrongful Death Family awarded $1.2 million settlement after police shot and killed a man sitting in his car at a gas station. (Dec-3-07)
- TJX Data TJX agrees to pay Visa and Fifth Third Bank a $41 million settlement for a massive data breach. (Dec-3-07)
- Traffic Construction Caltrans agrees to pay auto dealership $2 million for construction delays that led to decreased customers and sales. (Dec-3-07)
- Unregistered Investments Edward Digges Jr. agrees to $5.1 million SEC settlement for credit card terminal business fraud. (Dec-3-07)
- Surgery Malpractice Jury awards woman $10 million medical malpractice settlement after a sponge left in her abdomen led to kidney failure. (Dec-3-07)
- Share Conversion Ratio Judge orders Deutsche Telekom to pay an $882 million shareholder settlement. (Dec-3-07)
- Home Repair Fraud Eric Karl Moore agrees to pay $81,000 after providing substandard services to customers. (Dec-3-07)
- Wage Violations Biovest International Inc. pays $300,000 settlement to former employees for failing to pay wages and vacation time. (Dec-3-07)
- School Construction Delays Princeton Regional School District pays two contracting companies a $770,000 breach of contract settlement. (Dec-3-07)
- Transit Accident Monterey-Salinas Transit pays woman $3 million personal injury settlement. (Dec-2-07)
- PG&E Property Tax Yuba County, CA et al. agree to decrease the overall property tax bill by $10 million over the next 10 years. (Dec-2-07)